attack aikido

Why isn’t it that Aikido experts do not take part in or win any mixed martial arts competitions?

Aikido is supposed to be an effective form of defense against any attack and also uses ‘Ki’, which is said to be more powerful than brute strength.

Well first off there is a really big differance between fighting on a ring or a street fight and self defense. A street fight is a clash of two ego’s that 99% of the time wouldn’t happen if one person was bigger and walked away and refused to fight. Being the bigger person or walking away is a form of self defense, as is defusing the situation. The other 1%, where there is no choice but to physicly defend yourself is self defense. Self defense is not about points, or a belt, or money, or glory, or yoru ego, it is about survival pure and simple. it is being able to survive to go home to your family.

Fighting in a ring or street fighting is a choice, and quite honestly most people who take a traditional art don’t feel they have to prove anything to anyone, and fighting in a ring or street fighting is not why they signed up. Many only think of the self defense aspect as secondary. They mainly take it for fitness, mental development, and stress relief.

That being said Akido is also a very hard style to use well in self defense until you reach a high level. It is one of the most complicated styles to learn and use well. There are also some bad schools out there, as with any style. Quite honestly with as popular as MMA is getting, I think within the next few years that you will see a lot af McGym’s open up, the same way it happened with karate and TKD.

Please remember that there are many good hardcore Martial Artists out there who have no interest in competing in a ring because they have nothing to prove. If it is your thing that is cool, but don’t think that other styles are worthless because most of there students do not share that. There are many Okinawin masters that could put the hurt to you if you forced them to.

Don’t judge other styles by whether they compete in MMA, because for many that is not their thing.

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